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NYRA Teams With Woodbine, Monmouth For Saturday’s Cross Country Pick 5

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host a Cross Country Pick 5 that will offer three graded stakes in total, featuring action from historic Saratoga Race Course as well as Monmouth Park and Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday.

Live coverage will be available with Saratoga Live on FOX Sports and MSG Networks. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence are now available for download at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/cross-country-wagers.

Saratoga will start the wager with an exciting juvenile maiden sprint, with a field of 10 contesting at six furlongs on the main track in Race 6 at 3:57 p.m. Eastern. Trainer Chad Brown has a pair of entrants in Highly Motivated and Founder, while Hall of Fame trainers Mark Casse and Steve Asmussen will send out Majestic Street and Happymac, respectively. Trainer Todd Pletcher will see Newbomb depart from the inside post.

Action will shift to Monmouth in Race 9 with a 4:14 p.m. post for the 1 1/2-mile turf route for 3-year-olds and up in an optional claimer. The 10-horse field will see trainer Kelly Breen saddle Epic Bromance, while Decisive Triumph and No Mans Land will be running with blinkers on.

Woodbine will commence the stakes portion of the Cross Country Pick 5 in the third leg with the Grade 3, $125,000 Ontario Colleen for 3-year-old fillies going one mile. Slated as Race 7 at 4:17 p.m., the contest will ironically feature Saratoga Vision. Owned and trained by Alexander Patykewich, the Kentucky-bred won't be running at the Spa, but instead will be looking to break her maiden in her 13th start and is coming off a runner-up effort as an 84-1 longshot in the Grade 3 Selene last month at Woodbine. The field also includes stakes-placed Avie's Samurai and Fly So Pretty, who won last year's Stewart Manor, as well as multiple stakes-winner Two Sixty and multiple graded stakes-placed Walk In Marrakesh.

Saratoga will close the sequence with a pair of Grade 1 contests, starting with the $300,000 Forego presented by America's Best Racing in Race 8 at 5:07 p.m. The seven-furlong contest for older horses on the main track will showcase Whitmore, who won the race's 2018 edition and will now attempt to join Groovy (1986-87) and Quick Call (1988-89) as the only horses to win multiple runnings of the Forego. The 7-year-old enters with a record of 35-14-11-3 and lifetime earnings of over $3.1 million. The Forego will also see Mind Control looking to become a Grade 1-winner at the Spa at ages 2, 3 and 4, while six-time graded stakes-winner Firenze Fire seeks his first Grade 1 triumph since taking the 2017 Champagne during his 2-year-old campaign.

The wager concludes in Saratoga's Race 9 with the Grade 1, $500,000 Sword Dancer for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/2 miles on the inner turf at 5:43 p.m. A “Win and You're In” qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Turf on November 7 at Keeneland Race Course, the Forego will see trainer Mike Maker send out a trio of contenders in Aquaphobia, Marzo and Cross Border. Also in the race will be Sadler's Joy, who will make his fourth appearance in the Sword Dancer for trainer Tom Albertrani. The 7-year-old Kitten's Joy horse won this event in 2017, finished sixth in 2018 and last year rallied bravely to finish second by a neck to Annals of Time.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, August 30:
Leg 1 – Saratoga, Race 6: (3:57 p.m.)
Leg 2 – Monmouth, Race 9: (4:14 p.m.)
Leg 3 – Woodbine, Race 7: G3 Ontario Colleen (4:17 p.m.)
Leg 4 – Saratoga, Race 8: G1 Forego (5:07 p.m.)
Leg 5 – Saratoga, Race 9: G1 Sword Dancer (5:43 p.m.)

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Brenda Davis Appointed To California Horse Racing Board

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the following appointments on Thursday:

Brenda Davis, 65, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the California Horse Racing Board. Davis has been Principal at the Brenda Davis Law Group since 2007. She was managing counsel at the California Farm Bureau Federation from 1999 to 2007. Davis was a Legislative Advocate and Negotiator in the Executive Office of the Attorney General at the California Department of Justice from 1996 to 1999. She is a member of the California State Bar, New Mexico State Bar, Mercy Foundation Board of Trustees, Forest Foundation Board of Directors, and the Arden-Arcade Community Planning Advisory Council. Davis earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Davis is a Republican.

Wendy Mitchell, 49, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Horse Racing Board, where she has served since 2019. Mitchell has been principal of WM Consulting Inc. since 2006. She served on the California Coastal Commission from 2011 to 2016 and the Los Angeles South Valley Area Planning Commission from 2009 to 2011. Mitchell was Vice President of Public Policy for the National Association of Women Business Owners from 2008 to 2010 and served on the Board of Directors for the California League of Conservation Voters from 2007 to 2018 and the Women's Political Caucus in 2018. She was Chief of Staff for State Senator Denise Ducheny from 2003 to 2005. Mitchell earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Mitchell is a Democrat.

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Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale Catalog Now Online

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 553 yearlings for its 2020 Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, to be held on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 5-6. The auction, which will be held immediately following the rescheduled Preakness Stakes, will be conducted at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.

Hips 1-200 will be offered in the Monday session, which will begin at 1 p.m. The sale will begin with a large group of New York-breds, which are cataloged together as hips 1-154 this year.

Hips 201-553 will be offered in the Tuesday session, which will begin at 10 a.m.

“This is a strong catalog, with our entries up 27 percent over last year,” commented Midlantic director of sales Paget Bennett. “Consignors have a lot of confidence in the Midlantic marketplace and have supported the sale with increased sire power and quality. We are also pleased to welcome major Kentucky and New York-based consignors to Midlantic this year.”

Bennett continued: “Conducting the sale on the Monday and Tuesday after the Preakness adds another exciting element to this year's auction, as it provides those participating in Preakness weekend racing a nearby venue to shop for quality yearlings. With 10 different state-bred programs represented in the catalog, the sale provides great opportunities for both national and regional racing stables.”

The Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale ranks among the top of all major North American yearling sales in numerous performance categories, according to statistics recently released by The BloodHorse MarketWatch. These include percentage of Grade 1 winners, graded stakes winners, and 2-year-old winners produced from horses sold.

The catalog may now be viewed online, and will also be available via the equineline sales catalogue app. Print catalogues will be available beginning Sept. 8.

Phone bidding and online bidding services will also be available.

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Scorcese Wraps On First Winner For Sire Producer At Belterra Park

Producer, an international multiple group stakes winner, was represented by his first winner at stud on Aug. 26 when Scorsese prevailed in a maiden special weight race at Belterra Park, BloodHorse reports.

Scorsese was hampered by an awkward start, but worked to get on the pace by the half-mile point of the six-furlong race. Under jockey John McKee, the gelding pulled ahead by 2 1/2 lengths in the stretch, and kept on to win by 1 1/2 lengths, completing the race in 1:13.54. James Chapman trains and co-owns the horse with Sean Feld.

Scorsese was bred in Kentucky by Calumet Farm, out of the unraced War Front mare Pomaria. He hails from the family of Belmont Stakes winner Danzig Connection, Breeders' Cup Classic winner Raven's Pass, and Grade 1 winner Pine Circle.

Producer, an 11-year-old son of Dutch Art, stands privately at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.

The British-bred spent the majority of his racing career in Europe, highlighted by victories in the Group 3 Greene King Supreme Stakes and Criterion Stakes in England. He also ventured to Turkey in 2013, where he won the G2 International Topkapi Trophy – a race that was won by Triple Crown competitor Master of Hounds a year earlier. Producer was purchased by Calumet Farm prior to the 2016 racing season, and he raced twice in the U.S. before retiring.

Producer is out of Irish River mare River Saint, who was placed in England. River Saint is a half-sister to champion Serena's Song, Grade 3 winner Vivid Imagination, and the unplaced Serena's Sister, all three of which are multiple graded stakes producers, or responsible for multiple graded stakes runners as a second dam.

His extended family includes champion Honor Code, Grade/Group 1 winners Sophisticat and Rizeena, and Grade/Group 2 winners Grand Reward, Harlington, Noble Tune, Made You Look, and Doubles Partner.